Mastering the Thread: Exploring the Art of Cotton Yarn Spinning
The textile and apparel industry that can be seen blooming more than ever today, is relying on yarns. Yarn is a long, continuous strand of interlocked fibres that are further used in the making of fabrics employed across various applications, from everyday clothing to home furnishing. These can be made of natural or synthetic fibres, such as cotton, nylon, polyester, or wool. Out of these, cotton yarn offers the greatest versatility allowing it to be tailored for different fabric weights, textures, and functionalities making it indispensable in modern manufacturing processes.
Introduction to Spinning
But how do we get good quality cotton yarn? It is through the process of spinning that raw cotton fibres are transformed into yarn suitable for different end products or uses. It begins right from the selection of high-quality raw material based on various properties and applications. This raw material passes through various steps including – Ginning, Carding, Combing, and Spinning wherein the combed cotton is twisted together to form yarn. It is essential that all the steps of cotton yarn spinning are completed in the proper sequence in order to maintain the quality of the yarn.
Types of Spinning Process
There are four methods of cotton yarn spinning, including:
1. Ring spinning: It uses a spinning frame to draft, twist and wound the fibres.
2. Open end spinning: It directly uses fast rollers to twist yarn under the action of centrifugal force.
3. Air jet spinning: It uses jet airflow to twist yarn.
4. Compact spinning: In this, fibres are aligned parallel using vacuum pressure ensuring smoother and greater strength yarn.
Masters of cotton yarn spinning
Done since many years, cotton yarn spinning is amongst the core strengths of Aarti International Limited, known for their expertise in producing high-quality cotton yarn through advanced spinning techniques and extensive experience in the industry. Dealing in various variants of cotton yarn, namely - Normal yarn, Compact Yarn, Normal 2 Ply yarn and Compact 2 Ply yarn, Aarti International employs ultra-modern techniques to produce high quality yarn that matches international standards.